Both Booster Recovery Vessels, the Liberty Star and the Freedom Star, were just heard on 9132 kHz USB in radio checks with the Booster Recovery Director at Cape Canaveral.
Various listeners in the eastern US have also heard comm on 10780 kHz USB from Cape Radio. The 9132 shore side is a remote transmitter at "Andrews."
Astronauts are currently entering the vehicle.
Weather is now 90% go.
The launch is being blogged here.
Utility Planet is the official blog for the column of the same name in The Spectrum Monitor. It replaces Utility World in the discontinued Monitoring Times magazine. Utilities are all VLF/LF/MF/HF (and sometimes low-band VHF) radio communications except broadcasting, CB, and non-emergency amateur. If you understood the last sentence, you know enough to read this blog.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
NASA STS-129 Booster Recovery Ops on 9132 kHz
Listener "MDMonitor" passes along the following. May be useful next time.
9132.0 BRD (NASA Booster Recovery control): 1936 USB w/Freedom Star (NASA Booster Recovery vessel) advising that countdown has resumed & they are ready to launch.
Monday, August 24, 2009
STS-128 Keeps On Truckin'
Count remains on schedule.
Both Booster Recovery Vessels, Freedom Star and Liberty Star, are now doing periodic checks with Cape Radio on 6751 kHz USB.
Both Booster Recovery Vessels, Freedom Star and Liberty Star, are now doing periodic checks with Cape Radio on 6751 kHz USB.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Freedom Star Now On 6751 USB
3 hours ago, Allan Stern in FL heard Cape Radio and DoD Cape go to 6751.0 for range comm with Freedom Star.
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